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Title: | Discomfort of the critically ill pediatric patient and correlated variables |
Author: | Bosch Alcaraz, Alejandro Jordán García, Iolanda Benito-Aracil, Llúcia Saz Roy, Mª Ángeles Falcó Pegueroles, Anna M. (Anna Marta) |
Keywords: | Benestar dels animals Unitats de cures intensives Pediatria Animal welfare Intensive care units Pediatrics |
Issue Date: | 1-Nov-2020 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | Introduction: the care of critically ill children is usually invasive and aggressive, requiring numerous traumatic procedures that may cause fear, pain, and discomfort. Objectives: the aim of this study was to analyse the level of discomfort of patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit of a specialist children's hospital and to determine the sociodemographic and clinical variables that influence the degree of discomfort experienced by critically ill paediatric patients. Methods: we performed a descriptive observational cross-sectional study that included a total of 311 children with a median age of 5.07 y (interquartile range = 0.9-11.7). A team of 10 paediatric critical care nurses assessed the degree of discomfort once for each shift (morning, afternoon, and night) on 2 successive days using the COMFORT Behavior Scale-Spanish version. Results: in total, 49.8% (n = 155) of the patients were free of discomfort (score ≤10 points) vs. 50.2% (n = 156) who experienced discomfort. There was a significant negative correlation between discomfort and the length of stay in days (Rho = 0.16; p = 0.02), that is, the longer the stay, the less discomfort the patient felt. The correlation between age and degree of discomfort was found to be both positive and significant (Rho = 0.230, p < 0.001); the greater the age, the greater the discomfort. In comparison of all children who received analgosedation (n = 205), with discomfort levels of 10.77 ± 2.94, with those who did not receive analgosedation (n = 106), with discomfort levels of 11.96 ± 2.80, we did find a statistically significant difference (χ2 = -4.05; p < 0.001). Conclusions: half of the patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit experienced discomfort. Age and analgosedation were the two most important variables involved with a high degree of discomfort. Clinical care practices must consider these factors and try to plan activities designed to relieve discomfort in all critically ill paediatric patients. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.02.009 |
It is part of: | Australian Critical Care, 2020, vol. 33, num. 6, p. 504-510 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/174721 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.02.009 |
ISSN: | 1036-7314 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Infermeria de Salut Pública, Salut mental i Maternoinfantil) Articles publicats en revistes (Infermeria Fonamental i Clínica) |
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